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about that after was that and i know that from my personal experience because i was on the ground in libya back in february and march of two thousand and eleven. and i know that up until his ouster his government was paying salaries to police officers to doctors to teach very same been guys have been gaza that was already overtaken by protesters and they even took special mashers. provides residents have been gazi with antiretroviral drugs reach doesn't really a square at least for me with this portrayal of him as a ruthless lunatic i wouldn't see him as a ruthless lunatic i mentioned he was a borderline person personality who was usually above the border but could have exaggerated decision making when he was either happy with success or when he was failing and under grass of pressure that's when his decision making became distorted and now i think there is some commonality in the way these. authoritarian leaders are perpetrate in the west and specifically by american policy makers and they're usually portrayed as you know these madman the cruel irrational are you sad are aware that saddam
about that after was that and i know that from my personal experience because i was on the ground in libya back in february and march of two thousand and eleven. and i know that up until his ouster his government was paying salaries to police officers to doctors to teach very same been guys have been gaza that was already overtaken by protesters and they even took special mashers. provides residents have been gazi with antiretroviral drugs reach doesn't really a square at least for me with this...
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to try to find a way out of this conundrum but this is not like libya there's a large base of loyal syrian military and we have a long ways to go in this struggle and there's no easy answer but dr post you. you mentioned it earlier about saddam hussein and more market off and i think we also can see that in the now a declassified political profile of idol hitler it's all those leaders had a very strong south identification of that country. there was this famous quote saddam is iraq iraq is saddam but when you look at bashar al assad he always makes a point about stressing the limits of his authority he always stresses in his interviews that he doesn't own the country and yet. these protests of him as these to rally collegiate or who controls everything in syria is very persistent it seems that the american policy makers and the western media in general a very bent on presenting him as a tyrant no matter what. i don't see him in the manner in which you're characterizing him and i wouldn't touch people generically in the west in fact as i pointed out in that paragraph and as you emphasized i
to try to find a way out of this conundrum but this is not like libya there's a large base of loyal syrian military and we have a long ways to go in this struggle and there's no easy answer but dr post you. you mentioned it earlier about saddam hussein and more market off and i think we also can see that in the now a declassified political profile of idol hitler it's all those leaders had a very strong south identification of that country. there was this famous quote saddam is iraq iraq is...
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i wanted upon to create a crisis at one point he talked about the line of death around libya and challenge the united states which was having maneuvers in the gulf of sidra to cross that line which we did they send up three sorties which were promptly shot down and he thanked the united states for making him a hero to the third world he was highly identified with the underdog and and was supported terrorist groups around the world because they were seen as representing. the underdog what was really important to understand during the crisis as it mounted was that he had identified himself totally with the country of libya so that the notion that he would go off to a happy exile someplace it was not to be and that was really important to convey he said and he meant it that he would go down to the last drop of his blood which made it very important that his generals the ministers working in his government. not be identified with him in to create splits between them. to offer them a safe safe landing and at the end he was almost totally isolated. from other forces defected to the opposition an
i wanted upon to create a crisis at one point he talked about the line of death around libya and challenge the united states which was having maneuvers in the gulf of sidra to cross that line which we did they send up three sorties which were promptly shot down and he thanked the united states for making him a hero to the third world he was highly identified with the underdog and and was supported terrorist groups around the world because they were seen as representing. the underdog what was...
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robots is financial oppression really bringing that humanitarian cause like they did so successfully in libya iraq afghanistan vietnam or even detroit for that matter these people are kleptomaniacs and should be trusted as far as you can throw them or if you get a chance throw up on them make sure that he goes in the right in the stream of a maybe a projectile vomit to let people know how they feel about him really so i want to look at the front page of the financial times which has a shocking headline here china to overtake u.s. economy this year you know you've got your follow up here because this humanitarian chuck hegel road show of terror which he calls the humanitarian is like charles manson on an international road show of terror and abuse so here he is talking about the new charles manson and he's like ok this is what it's all tied to that china is now officially their worst fears they were clinton's worst fear william kristol bloody william kristol the neo con psyche. path from washington this is his worst fear this is the project for a new american century this is their worst fear t
robots is financial oppression really bringing that humanitarian cause like they did so successfully in libya iraq afghanistan vietnam or even detroit for that matter these people are kleptomaniacs and should be trusted as far as you can throw them or if you get a chance throw up on them make sure that he goes in the right in the stream of a maybe a projectile vomit to let people know how they feel about him really so i want to look at the front page of the financial times which has a shocking...
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and effectively supporting a murderous army and a stable militarized is good for to reassure israel libya was the closest that the americans you know intervened in fact and he has led to now a very controversial intervention in a country now ruled by militias which is which are destabilizing not only and threatening. libyan. lives but also lives in other countries in the region and as far as the middle east peace process is concerned than sample palestinian territories are still very much under israeli occupation occupation goals are is more than ever an open air prison and indeed america is not firm at all about you know freezing the settlements illegal settlements which are the major stumbling block to finding a peaceful solution and let's not forget that a peaceful. settlement of the middle east process and the resolution of these really palestinian company is also a guarantee for stability and peace in the whole of the region you know job we have done so far over the last few years to go essentially nowhere it would seem. but it is quite right and i think both of what joshua said is c
and effectively supporting a murderous army and a stable militarized is good for to reassure israel libya was the closest that the americans you know intervened in fact and he has led to now a very controversial intervention in a country now ruled by militias which is which are destabilizing not only and threatening. libyan. lives but also lives in other countries in the region and as far as the middle east peace process is concerned than sample palestinian territories are still very much under...
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he supported protests in ukraine travelled to georgia pro-al qaeda rebels in syria and appeared in libya and on egypt's tahrir square i wonder where he'll go next seriously let's hope this warrior doesn't get his way and pass the bill because nato is already asymmetrically active the alliance is already sending twelve fighter jets to the baltic region today which of course is right on russia's doorstep the actions we see being undertaken by nato members in surrounding russia are sending a clear message to russia that use it or will come up to in fact nato has been stepping up its defense capabilities in eastern europe since the first days of twenty fourteen dozens of war and spy planes have been sent to the region in recent months and is expected to triple with air patrols missions over the baltics throughout this may well joining us in the now to discuss this buildup is journalist jason leo sato's who's been writing extensively on the matter thanks for joining us western response to russia's actions in ukraine are building up lots of rhetoric and some flexing of military muscles how is
he supported protests in ukraine travelled to georgia pro-al qaeda rebels in syria and appeared in libya and on egypt's tahrir square i wonder where he'll go next seriously let's hope this warrior doesn't get his way and pass the bill because nato is already asymmetrically active the alliance is already sending twelve fighter jets to the baltic region today which of course is right on russia's doorstep the actions we see being undertaken by nato members in surrounding russia are sending a clear...
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of law all of those good things and has occasionally in trying to do those things overreach you cite libya also people talk about iraq all of iraq is much more democratic than it was before the fall of saddam hussein. i think the west has obviously made some mistakes in pursuing those those values and i think the west has probably not taken russia's interests sufficiently seriously i mean if you want to direct one accusation against the west with regard to ukraine i think it is that the west rather overlooks russia's very strong interest in ukraine as as we became involved in a gun and push for a more openness and democracy there and we need to be very conscious of russia's very close involvement with ukraine going forward in finding a solution for ukraine you just mentioned the west overlooking a russia sensitive it is but isn't this actually a trance in the west overlooking some of the very crucial aspects of when it tries to intervene in other countries to build democracy because i wonder if you can cite any successful example of the western gauge went with that specific reason of you k
of law all of those good things and has occasionally in trying to do those things overreach you cite libya also people talk about iraq all of iraq is much more democratic than it was before the fall of saddam hussein. i think the west has obviously made some mistakes in pursuing those those values and i think the west has probably not taken russia's interests sufficiently seriously i mean if you want to direct one accusation against the west with regard to ukraine i think it is that the west...
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the case of afghanistan in the case of libya in which may happen in the case of ukraine i think i mean the way over see the west has been the dominant force in world politics since the end of the cold war and has used its influence i think for the right reasons which is to foster and promote democracy human rights the rule of law all of those good things and has occasionally in trying to do those things overreach you cite libya also you people talk about iraq all of iraq is much more democratic than it was before the fall of saddam hussein. i think the west has obviously made some mistakes in pursuing those those values and i think the west has probably not taken russia's interests sufficiently seriously i mean if you want to direct one accusation against the west with regard to ukraine i think it is that the west rather overlooks russia's very strong interest in ukraine as as we became involved in the way done and push for a more openness and democracy there and we need to be very conscious of russia's very close involvement with ukraine going forward and finding a solution for ukrain
the case of afghanistan in the case of libya in which may happen in the case of ukraine i think i mean the way over see the west has been the dominant force in world politics since the end of the cold war and has used its influence i think for the right reasons which is to foster and promote democracy human rights the rule of law all of those good things and has occasionally in trying to do those things overreach you cite libya also you people talk about iraq all of iraq is much more democratic...
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in the state of washington state of colorado moving ahead of all politicians and then if you look at libya and syria the president's ready to go in militarily congress is ready to dot the i's and cross the t's on how to do that and lo and behold eighty percent of americans want don't want to do that well that's a good thing i just wish i just wish congress would catch up to the fact that this spending is not sustainable and if they don't fix this we're going to find ourselves in a monetary crisis we're going to find ourselves without a country well let's talk about government trust among young voters those between the ages of about eighteen and twenty nine a new poll surveyed young americans political attitudes released by harvard university's institute of politics tuesday found the millennial composite trust index it's called which is the level of trust on average in six different public institutions the presidency of the u.s. military supreme court federal government and united nations it's dropped dramatically in just two years from thirty nine about two years ago all the way thirty one
in the state of washington state of colorado moving ahead of all politicians and then if you look at libya and syria the president's ready to go in militarily congress is ready to dot the i's and cross the t's on how to do that and lo and behold eighty percent of americans want don't want to do that well that's a good thing i just wish i just wish congress would catch up to the fact that this spending is not sustainable and if they don't fix this we're going to find ourselves in a monetary...
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men and ukraine the iraq debacle troop withdrawal from afghanistan trying to go into syria libya before that what is the way forward for those who want vote this election season with all of the concern americans feel on these issues well the way politicians address this is course is to get tough drop bombs i mean republicans are all about who's going to drop the first bomb what about the notion of free trade gosh is china really an enemy when they're you know our second biggest trading partner i don't think so we should be looking at trade do with with other countries first and foremost you don't you don't you know you don't go to war against trading partners but yet the we're always talking about sanctions and sanctions just don't work and when you look at the ukraine right now i think that would be analogous to to russia getting involved in puerto rico they're not going to do it we shouldn't get involved in the ukraine there are unintended consequences as a result of our military interventions i'm going to suggest that we have hundreds of millions of enemies to this country because of
men and ukraine the iraq debacle troop withdrawal from afghanistan trying to go into syria libya before that what is the way forward for those who want vote this election season with all of the concern americans feel on these issues well the way politicians address this is course is to get tough drop bombs i mean republicans are all about who's going to drop the first bomb what about the notion of free trade gosh is china really an enemy when they're you know our second biggest trading partner...
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but of course it wouldn't make anyone safer no more than the attack on yugoslavia or the attack on libya has made anyone safer i have to repeat it's a very important point the role of the alliance has changed radically since at least one thousand nine hundred nine and is no good obfuscating the fact just because you don't might not like these out of area operations they have now become on paper and in practice the primary function of nato and we see this in the ukraine. affair where nato leaders and the secretary general have been making noises as if you crane were a member state threatened by a russian invasion frankly it's none of natives business games it's a good point what is why is nato getting involved in this in the affairs of ukraine it's not a member. first of all i would say i think the future of outer area operations for nato is dead i think that was a phase they went through and i think they don't have the resources to do it they don't they don't do it very well and i actually think that that's a thing of the past and nato go will go back to its i predict it will go back to
but of course it wouldn't make anyone safer no more than the attack on yugoslavia or the attack on libya has made anyone safer i have to repeat it's a very important point the role of the alliance has changed radically since at least one thousand nine hundred nine and is no good obfuscating the fact just because you don't might not like these out of area operations they have now become on paper and in practice the primary function of nato and we see this in the ukraine. affair where nato...
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banks for years on libya has only seen about ten percent of it back and then there's a rock one billion dollars was recovered from saddam hussein's family but iraqi people haven't seen the majority of that money some suspect is still invested in u.s. banks others report they suggest well it's tucked away in switzerland or still even lost within iraq itself somewhere as to kiev even if the billion dollar assets are indeed found the chances of the being invested back into the corrupt country are slim because a treasure chest that big is simply too valuable to give back a few clicks away on our website for you right now norway is taught a lesson in human rights from an unlikely mentor by now that our two daughters what in the scandinavian nations so outraged saudi arabia a country with one of the well world's poorest she won rights records. also their recent now showing the american president barack obama. his approval rating so fall into a record low analysis. now the u.k. is preparing for the worst case scenario of a divorce with scotland after september's independence referendum britain
banks for years on libya has only seen about ten percent of it back and then there's a rock one billion dollars was recovered from saddam hussein's family but iraqi people haven't seen the majority of that money some suspect is still invested in u.s. banks others report they suggest well it's tucked away in switzerland or still even lost within iraq itself somewhere as to kiev even if the billion dollar assets are indeed found the chances of the being invested back into the corrupt country are...
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banks for years on libya has only seen about ten percent of it back and then there's a rock one billion dollars was recovered from saddam hussein's family but iraqi people haven't seen the majority of that money some suspect is still invested in u.s. banks others report they suggest while it's tucked away in switzerland or still even lost within iraq itself somewhere. even if the billion dollar assets are indeed found the chances of them being invested back into the corrupt country are slim because a treasure chest that big is simply too valuable to give back. and on our website right now norway is taught a lesson in human rights likely mentor for another all to dot com what in the scandinavian nations. saudi arabia country with one of the poorest human rights records in the world. while you're there check out this story recent poll showing president obama's of. writings so fall into a record. setting the electorate just head over to our web site it's a. search . and i think. it's also international at least ten people have died in a fire caused by explosions at a military i mean depot
banks for years on libya has only seen about ten percent of it back and then there's a rock one billion dollars was recovered from saddam hussein's family but iraqi people haven't seen the majority of that money some suspect is still invested in u.s. banks others report they suggest while it's tucked away in switzerland or still even lost within iraq itself somewhere. even if the billion dollar assets are indeed found the chances of them being invested back into the corrupt country are slim...
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banks for years on libya has only seen about ten percent of it back and then there's a rock one billion dollars was recovered from saddam hussein's family but iraqi people haven't seen the majority of that money some suspect is still invested in u.s. banks others report they suggest while it's tucked away in switzerland or still even lost within iraq itself somewhere. even if the billion dollar assets are indeed found the chances of them being invested back into the corrupt country are slim because a treasure chest that big is simply too valuable to give back. on our website right now the waves taught a lesson in human rights from an unlikely event or find out at all if you don't call what in the scandinavian nation so outraged saudi arabia country with one of the poorest human rights records in the world. also there of john kerry's description of israel as an apartheid state were. serious enough blow to relations washington is now suspected of holding secret talks with hezbollah details a few clicks away for you right. right to see. first rate. and i think that your. orders. in. the in
banks for years on libya has only seen about ten percent of it back and then there's a rock one billion dollars was recovered from saddam hussein's family but iraqi people haven't seen the majority of that money some suspect is still invested in u.s. banks others report they suggest while it's tucked away in switzerland or still even lost within iraq itself somewhere. even if the billion dollar assets are indeed found the chances of them being invested back into the corrupt country are slim...
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make it worse by invading you know the government of ukraine was corrupt now look the government of libya was a dictatorship now look. so this a good that we can you know magically fix a country with and even with a military intervene in regime is in seen in evil and the world should get over it permanently united states your own room we should in force international law on all actors so this doesn't happen again but secondly given the invasion the policy pursued by the us of a winner take all disbanding the iraqi army instead of going for government as the deep advocation law so they're going to compromise clearly that exacerbated the situation to help reduce the civil war and they say even today the u.s. and its friends saudi arabia and qatar making decisions and in their intervention in syria that are spilling over into continued violence ok so let me ask you this you've mentioned the different factors that could have affected the outcome of way iraq is right now one that we i want to touch on is what's going on in syria right now in terms of that civil war that's being waged by terror
make it worse by invading you know the government of ukraine was corrupt now look the government of libya was a dictatorship now look. so this a good that we can you know magically fix a country with and even with a military intervene in regime is in seen in evil and the world should get over it permanently united states your own room we should in force international law on all actors so this doesn't happen again but secondly given the invasion the policy pursued by the us of a winner take all...
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about the arab spring and you were criticized for your reservations now when we look what happened in libya what is happening in syria what is happening in egypt do you think that reality here has actually turned out even more water some than some of your concerns both to my message is very bid. to open life i own his own people. is an example of free lead do defy the whole world use whatever he has against his own. even. in the end the use of chemical. save him for being bow to the hague mr barak i think you know better than i do that there are still disagreements about who actually use those chemical arsenals there is. disagreement . and certain kind of uncertainty but intelligence services. people know that well i think in one capital mosco there are there are grave doubts about that but israel is one country that has always taken its security extremely seriously and you never shied away from defining it. absolutely we have to take. sincerely when president assad was faced with what's been. now nor was it a threat of terrorism what either way you can have at his disposal surely nobody wa
about the arab spring and you were criticized for your reservations now when we look what happened in libya what is happening in syria what is happening in egypt do you think that reality here has actually turned out even more water some than some of your concerns both to my message is very bid. to open life i own his own people. is an example of free lead do defy the whole world use whatever he has against his own. even. in the end the use of chemical. save him for being bow to the hague mr...
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water directly back into president's own needs only a few places around the world do that including the libya. so which is it falls residents will be washing their dishes they even brushing their teeth drinking and cooking with water that has come directly from what they just lost down the toilet and they are story get out about it wonder officials say it's perfectly safe though usually that which water goes to a plant that looks solid and then this plant into the wichita river but now instead of being sent to the river it will undergo micro filtration and then reverse osmosis to remove contaminants like pharmaceuticals then it will be chemically treated to remove pathogens add a dash of chlorine and fluoride of course and then it'll go straight back to people's faucet it might sound gross but the reality is this is probably going to be a growing trend in america as water becomes scarcer due to droughts growing populations and greater consumption there's an organization called the water resists o.c. asian whose members include utility companies government officials and researchers and they're
water directly back into president's own needs only a few places around the world do that including the libya. so which is it falls residents will be washing their dishes they even brushing their teeth drinking and cooking with water that has come directly from what they just lost down the toilet and they are story get out about it wonder officials say it's perfectly safe though usually that which water goes to a plant that looks solid and then this plant into the wichita river but now instead...